Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Ofcom: Conflict of Interests

lord adonis: To ask Her Majesty's Government what policies are in place to avoid conflicts of interest between the role of the chair and deputy chair of Ofcom and their participation in the House of Lords.

lord adonis: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the board of Ofcom has been notified of any conflicts of interest on the part of the chair and deputy chair of Ofcom; and if so, what are those conflicts of interest.

lord adonis: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether minutes of meetings of the Ofcom board record any declarations of conflicts of interest on the part of the chair and deputy chair; and if so, what are the dates of those meetings and the nature of the conflicts declared.

lord adonis: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is any conflict of interest between the duties of the chair and deputy chair of Ofcom as impartial regulators of the BBC and their parliamentary duties including their voting record on Brexit.

lord ashton of hyde: All candidates for public appointments go through a fair and open process as set out in the governance code for public appointments. Candidates must disclose any conflicts of interest upon applying and are questioned on these at interview. ​​Successful candidates must then comply with the code of conduct for board members of public bodies. Both Lord Burns and Baroness Noakes complied with the requirements as set out in these codes. Members of the Ofcom Board are required to maintain a register of members' disclosable interests which is published on the Ofcom website.

Cybercrime

lord mendelsohn: To ask Her Majesty's Government whatthey estimate to have been the cost to the UK economy of data breaches and malware attacks in each year since 2010; and how many UK customers were affected.

lord ashton of hyde: The Government does not produce year-on-year figures on the cost to the UK economy of data breaches and malware attacks. The attached annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cyber-security-breaches-survey contains details of the impact of breaches on individual businesses and charities.



Cyber Security Breaches Survey
(PDF Document, 1.23 MB)

Cybercrime

lord mendelsohn: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure UK companies and customers are protected from data breaches and malware attacks, including point of sale breaches.

lord ashton of hyde: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was established in 2016 to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. To that end, the NCSC provides expert guidance for all organisations in the UK, large and small, including businesses and industry, government departments, the critical national infrastructure, universities and charities. Following this advice will enable these institutions and companies to put measures in place to help protect themselves from cyber attacks, and help to protect the UK’s economic prosperity and reputation.

Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

lord bassam of brighton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact assessments they conducted when the hostile environment policy for illegal immigrants was adopted.

lord bassam of brighton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number ofindividuals and families who have been adversely affected by the hostile immigration environment strategy.

baroness williams of trafford: The term 'hostile environment' was first coined by Alan Johnson when he was Home Secretary. The current Home Secretary has made it clear that he will no longer be using this term.Successive Governments have brought forward measures to prevent illegal immigration and the misuse of public services and benefits. Impact assessments on the Immigration Acts 2014 and 2016 were published during the passage of the legislation, and key compliant environment measures on immigration checks by employers and landlords have been the subject of public consultations.Many checks, such as right to rent and right to work, are applicable to everyone in the UK on a non-discriminatory basis. Checks are often conducted independently of the Home Office and so it is not possible for the Government to accurately estimate the number of individuals who have been impacted by these measures.

Department for Transport

ATOL

baroness randerson: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to lay the new regulations relating to the Air Travel Organiser’s Licence scheme; andwhen those regulations need to be in force.

baroness sugg: The government is currently finalising the updated Air Travel Organisers’ Licence (ATOL) regulations and expects to lay them in the coming weeks. They will come in to force before 1 July 2018 in line with the updated EU Package Travel Directive timescale.